E.D.E. Bell
@edebell.com
Fantasy author. Editor @AtthisArts.com. Organizer @PubProsABB.bsky.social. Vegan. Mama. Queer. Michigander. Mentally disabled. Blue Ajah. Hasty Ent. Quests in heals. Shkode-kwe. Aήττητη. she/her or e/em. Emily or E. 🧄.
Speak plainly and stand together.
Speak plainly and stand together.
I was also just banned from Penguicon without discussion.
Regrets to those who were looking forward to seeing me there.
Regrets to those who were looking forward to seeing me there.
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I was also just banned from Penguicon without discussion.
Regrets to those who were looking forward to seeing me there.
Regrets to those who were looking forward to seeing me there.
It's clear that the genre consensus is I've been removed from our platforms rightfully and not from being marked by racists and the power structure.
Let me reiterate, no one has ever been willing to see the evidence. That should matter.
I'm going quiet now. I tried.
Let me reiterate, no one has ever been willing to see the evidence. That should matter.
I'm going quiet now. I tried.
January 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
It's clear that the genre consensus is I've been removed from our platforms rightfully and not from being marked by racists and the power structure.
Let me reiterate, no one has ever been willing to see the evidence. That should matter.
I'm going quiet now. I tried.
Let me reiterate, no one has ever been willing to see the evidence. That should matter.
I'm going quiet now. I tried.
I'm going to get quieter for a bit and take care of myself before I can't.
Just please see that people will come at me, my work, my disability - but what they *refuse* to do is engage with what I'm *saying* or the essay that SH asked me to write.
If people (wp) care, they're going to have to help.
Just please see that people will come at me, my work, my disability - but what they *refuse* to do is engage with what I'm *saying* or the essay that SH asked me to write.
If people (wp) care, they're going to have to help.
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I'm going to get quieter for a bit and take care of myself before I can't.
Just please see that people will come at me, my work, my disability - but what they *refuse* to do is engage with what I'm *saying* or the essay that SH asked me to write.
If people (wp) care, they're going to have to help.
Just please see that people will come at me, my work, my disability - but what they *refuse* to do is engage with what I'm *saying* or the essay that SH asked me to write.
If people (wp) care, they're going to have to help.
Good use of your bookmark button. ❤️
Insta-joy, all year.
Insta-joy, all year.
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
It’s going to be another banner year (in the words of lying African governments, a “bumper harvest”) for books from authors on the Continent and in its Diaspora! Here’s your list, sorted by month, with all kinds of genres included (including children’s books, at the end of the post). There’s no way I could list every book that’s coming, but here’s what I think is notable—as always, a work in progress, subject to updates.
hararereview.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Good use of your bookmark button. ❤️
Insta-joy, all year.
Insta-joy, all year.
Ok, one more comment:
I don't know how we get anywhere when the IP community is controlled by misogynoiristic funding, the IP writers all hold formation together, and they viciously attack any efforts to build new structures.
I guess bravery? When that happens.
Maybe I've gone as far as I can fn.
I don't know how we get anywhere when the IP community is controlled by misogynoiristic funding, the IP writers all hold formation together, and they viciously attack any efforts to build new structures.
I guess bravery? When that happens.
Maybe I've gone as far as I can fn.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Ok, one more comment:
I don't know how we get anywhere when the IP community is controlled by misogynoiristic funding, the IP writers all hold formation together, and they viciously attack any efforts to build new structures.
I guess bravery? When that happens.
Maybe I've gone as far as I can fn.
I don't know how we get anywhere when the IP community is controlled by misogynoiristic funding, the IP writers all hold formation together, and they viciously attack any efforts to build new structures.
I guess bravery? When that happens.
Maybe I've gone as far as I can fn.
I need to take a break and work on some thing until my symptoms lower, but I'd just like to ask people to consider -
Is whiteness, silence, and silencing not a problem in genre?
If not, why won't anyone just say that?
If it is a problem, how is it being addressed?
Is whiteness, silence, and silencing not a problem in genre?
If not, why won't anyone just say that?
If it is a problem, how is it being addressed?
January 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I need to take a break and work on some thing until my symptoms lower, but I'd just like to ask people to consider -
Is whiteness, silence, and silencing not a problem in genre?
If not, why won't anyone just say that?
If it is a problem, how is it being addressed?
Is whiteness, silence, and silencing not a problem in genre?
If not, why won't anyone just say that?
If it is a problem, how is it being addressed?
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January 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I guess I'll say one thing before bed.
I make mistakes. I hurt people. I try to do better.
But the people banding together to justify deplatforming me? If they admit I've been honest *and* right about most of this, then that seals them as willfully complicit.
You gotta see that.
I make mistakes. I hurt people. I try to do better.
But the people banding together to justify deplatforming me? If they admit I've been honest *and* right about most of this, then that seals them as willfully complicit.
You gotta see that.
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I guess I'll say one thing before bed.
I make mistakes. I hurt people. I try to do better.
But the people banding together to justify deplatforming me? If they admit I've been honest *and* right about most of this, then that seals them as willfully complicit.
You gotta see that.
I make mistakes. I hurt people. I try to do better.
But the people banding together to justify deplatforming me? If they admit I've been honest *and* right about most of this, then that seals them as willfully complicit.
You gotta see that.
It's so good, like *really* so good. If you haven't given it a look, it may just - restore you.
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's so good, like *really* so good. If you haven't given it a look, it may just - restore you.
1) I will not be intimidated to back off about *our* misogynoir.
2) I may not survive (not a threat, multiple health things are real) but I'll damn sure try to.
3) I will repeat over and over that people love me. Name them, thank them, think of them.
4) At some point maybe could use some help.
2) I may not survive (not a threat, multiple health things are real) but I'll damn sure try to.
3) I will repeat over and over that people love me. Name them, thank them, think of them.
4) At some point maybe could use some help.
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
1) I will not be intimidated to back off about *our* misogynoir.
2) I may not survive (not a threat, multiple health things are real) but I'll damn sure try to.
3) I will repeat over and over that people love me. Name them, thank them, think of them.
4) At some point maybe could use some help.
2) I may not survive (not a threat, multiple health things are real) but I'll damn sure try to.
3) I will repeat over and over that people love me. Name them, thank them, think of them.
4) At some point maybe could use some help.
When will the insistence of people who have *never* talked to me going after us be enough for people.
I have nothing to hide. Show the conversations. Show why I'm worthy of this treatment and isolation.
If embarrassing me gets us to the conversation about our complicity with abuse - worth it.
I have nothing to hide. Show the conversations. Show why I'm worthy of this treatment and isolation.
If embarrassing me gets us to the conversation about our complicity with abuse - worth it.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
When will the insistence of people who have *never* talked to me going after us be enough for people.
I have nothing to hide. Show the conversations. Show why I'm worthy of this treatment and isolation.
If embarrassing me gets us to the conversation about our complicity with abuse - worth it.
I have nothing to hide. Show the conversations. Show why I'm worthy of this treatment and isolation.
If embarrassing me gets us to the conversation about our complicity with abuse - worth it.
Another argument for keeping humans in the loop is getting a potentially serious medical update like this:
January 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Another argument for keeping humans in the loop is getting a potentially serious medical update like this:
I *do* miss Gen Con. Always will. That's hard cruelty.
But nah, Dream Foundry was something I was pointed to as a community *not* like that by people who cared. (!)
Telling you guys, everyone's connected back to the IP money.
And misogynoir.
It's ugly.
But nah, Dream Foundry was something I was pointed to as a community *not* like that by people who cared. (!)
Telling you guys, everyone's connected back to the IP money.
And misogynoir.
It's ugly.
January 11, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I *do* miss Gen Con. Always will. That's hard cruelty.
But nah, Dream Foundry was something I was pointed to as a community *not* like that by people who cared. (!)
Telling you guys, everyone's connected back to the IP money.
And misogynoir.
It's ugly.
But nah, Dream Foundry was something I was pointed to as a community *not* like that by people who cared. (!)
Telling you guys, everyone's connected back to the IP money.
And misogynoir.
It's ugly.
Anyway a group that thinks that an anti-racist mentally disabled woman fundraising for a Black woman Global South press is not worth a conversation to correct but is insta-bannable with a condescending statement of a ww's disappointment isn't an org I want to be associated with anyway.
You do?
Ok.
You do?
Ok.
January 11, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Anyway a group that thinks that an anti-racist mentally disabled woman fundraising for a Black woman Global South press is not worth a conversation to correct but is insta-bannable with a condescending statement of a ww's disappointment isn't an org I want to be associated with anyway.
You do?
Ok.
You do?
Ok.
Don't want to loop in the OP but re "Find a way to be with people as much as possible. It's the way you will make it through this period of time."
I think that's why they're working so hard to take all of that away from me.
I have our press. I have PPABB. I have to remember that.
But I miss hugs.
I think that's why they're working so hard to take all of that away from me.
I have our press. I have PPABB. I have to remember that.
But I miss hugs.
January 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Don't want to loop in the OP but re "Find a way to be with people as much as possible. It's the way you will make it through this period of time."
I think that's why they're working so hard to take all of that away from me.
I have our press. I have PPABB. I have to remember that.
But I miss hugs.
I think that's why they're working so hard to take all of that away from me.
I have our press. I have PPABB. I have to remember that.
But I miss hugs.
Anyway, I don't know if I've said this before, but it's 2026 and my gift to myself is to finally release a poetry book. It's coming out on my 50th birthday.
I've only told Linda Addison the title, and she gasped and said it was wonderful, so ... *beams in proud*.
I've only told Linda Addison the title, and she gasped and said it was wonderful, so ... *beams in proud*.
January 11, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Anyway, I don't know if I've said this before, but it's 2026 and my gift to myself is to finally release a poetry book. It's coming out on my 50th birthday.
I've only told Linda Addison the title, and she gasped and said it was wonderful, so ... *beams in proud*.
I've only told Linda Addison the title, and she gasped and said it was wonderful, so ... *beams in proud*.
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Canadians, a reminder that today's the last day to get 30% off the pre-order of my next novel, Mercutio, through Indigo's most anticipated books sale. A novel about what might have happened before Romeo met Juliet, sort of Umberto Eco meets Susanna Clarke. Thank you! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/mercut...
January 11, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Canadians, a reminder that today's the last day to get 30% off the pre-order of my next novel, Mercutio, through Indigo's most anticipated books sale. A novel about what might have happened before Romeo met Juliet, sort of Umberto Eco meets Susanna Clarke. Thank you! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/mercut...
What times. Body gone wild, baby turned 20, phew.
Can we do something fun tonight? Give me a word or phrase and I'll tell you a real life story on that topic or theme.
Can pull out some weird memories!
(Or if you want me to give *you* a phrase, let me know.)
Can we do something fun tonight? Give me a word or phrase and I'll tell you a real life story on that topic or theme.
Can pull out some weird memories!
(Or if you want me to give *you* a phrase, let me know.)
January 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What times. Body gone wild, baby turned 20, phew.
Can we do something fun tonight? Give me a word or phrase and I'll tell you a real life story on that topic or theme.
Can pull out some weird memories!
(Or if you want me to give *you* a phrase, let me know.)
Can we do something fun tonight? Give me a word or phrase and I'll tell you a real life story on that topic or theme.
Can pull out some weird memories!
(Or if you want me to give *you* a phrase, let me know.)
p.s. I want people who "aren't sure" about me to ask themselves why accusations about me *only* happen when I am speaking against misogynoir, for power shifts, or for the projects of Black W/QTI - and if you really think that's irrelevant.
(When it's for Palestinians, they all stay real quiet.)
(When it's for Palestinians, they all stay real quiet.)
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
p.s. I want people who "aren't sure" about me to ask themselves why accusations about me *only* happen when I am speaking against misogynoir, for power shifts, or for the projects of Black W/QTI - and if you really think that's irrelevant.
(When it's for Palestinians, they all stay real quiet.)
(When it's for Palestinians, they all stay real quiet.)
Hey, people here? Thank you for staying.
It means more than I should express regarding my ptsd and mental health. When I go full triggered, I sit, repeat, and say miigwetch to the names of people who actually care and trust me until I start to be able to function again.
It means more than I should express regarding my ptsd and mental health. When I go full triggered, I sit, repeat, and say miigwetch to the names of people who actually care and trust me until I start to be able to function again.
January 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Hey, people here? Thank you for staying.
It means more than I should express regarding my ptsd and mental health. When I go full triggered, I sit, repeat, and say miigwetch to the names of people who actually care and trust me until I start to be able to function again.
It means more than I should express regarding my ptsd and mental health. When I go full triggered, I sit, repeat, and say miigwetch to the names of people who actually care and trust me until I start to be able to function again.
If you have a few dollars to spare, donations to places like Chytomo and Global Voices are critical right now.
We must, must have independent voices speaking truth about power. And that requires resources.
We must, must have independent voices speaking truth about power. And that requires resources.
The Читомо website was recently attacked after posting about the sudden death of Nora Ikstena, a Latvian writer who wrote about Russian totalitarianism, and a Ukrainian-language article on the killing of Renee Good.
They're a small team speaking truth about power, if you can afford to donate.
They're a small team speaking truth about power, if you can afford to donate.
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chytomo.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
If you have a few dollars to spare, donations to places like Chytomo and Global Voices are critical right now.
We must, must have independent voices speaking truth about power. And that requires resources.
We must, must have independent voices speaking truth about power. And that requires resources.
Please also consider that no one tells anyone they are talking about the American government, trans rights, genAI, ICE, or anything else too much.
Only whiteness and misogynoir.
Only whiteness and misogynoir.
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Please also consider that no one tells anyone they are talking about the American government, trans rights, genAI, ICE, or anything else too much.
Only whiteness and misogynoir.
Only whiteness and misogynoir.
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Posts mean nothing if you are not willing to lose some privilege to protect others. Without actions, your posts are just performative.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Posts mean nothing if you are not willing to lose some privilege to protect others. Without actions, your posts are just performative.
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In this new essay, Christine Sun discusses the politics of translation, with a particular focus on a simultaneously published Chinese and English anthology of SFF stories.
Read it now, for free! www.speculativeinsight.com
Read it now, for free! www.speculativeinsight.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
In this new essay, Christine Sun discusses the politics of translation, with a particular focus on a simultaneously published Chinese and English anthology of SFF stories.
Read it now, for free! www.speculativeinsight.com
Read it now, for free! www.speculativeinsight.com
Anyway, people wanna ask me stuff, ask it. I'm right here.
Just ask it's in good faith and not another ambush.
But I'm real honest. Just ask it.
Just ask it's in good faith and not another ambush.
But I'm real honest. Just ask it.
January 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Anyway, people wanna ask me stuff, ask it. I'm right here.
Just ask it's in good faith and not another ambush.
But I'm real honest. Just ask it.
Just ask it's in good faith and not another ambush.
But I'm real honest. Just ask it.